Firepot



E. w. RYER.

' .FIREPOT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 3919.

1,845,888. Patented, July 6, 1920.

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EVERETT W. RYER. OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

FIREPOT.

Original appIication filed March 12. 1919, Serial No. 282,072. Divided and this application filed [0 all iii/Loni, it may concern:

lie it known that I, Evnnn'rr iv. ltYnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at ('olorzulo Springs, in the county of El Paso' and titatc of Colorado, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Flrepots,

. of which the following is a specification,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in fire-pots and is a division of my co-pending application Serial No. 282,( )12, iiled March 12, 1919, and it is an ob ect of the invention to provide a novel and 11nproved fire-pot supported for oscillatory movement and provided with openings whereby heat may be directly radiated from the lire-bed, the oscillatory movement of the lire-pot serving to remove from the ad acent wall of the device, soot or other matter which mav clin thereto, whereby the maximum of heat radiation directly from the lire-bed may be maintained.

The invention consists in the details of constrluwtion and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my im n'oved fire-pot whereby certain lmportant advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the betterv understood, I will. now proceed to describe the same with reference tothe aci'ompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating a lire-pot constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention and in applied position, and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal sec-- tional view taken through the fire-pot as herein embodied.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, L denotes the lower section of the casing of a heating unit which is preferably made of sheet metal and of an inverted frusto-conical form. This section L is of the type particularly disclosed in my copending case of which the present appl1cation is a division.

Snugly fitting within the section L is a fire-pot F. The fire-pot F comprises an Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial Patented July 6. 1926.

July 28,

upper annular member 15 and a lower annular member 16 connected by the spaced slats 17. The lower annular member 16 slopes inwardly and downwardly so that any ashes or combustible material resting thereon will gravitate down upon the grate G and thereby be prevented from collecting against the side wall of the section L to obstruct the free radiation of heat through said side wall.

Secured to the side wall of the lower section L and arranged therein are the brackets 18, preferably three in number, which support an annular ring or collar 19. The ring or collar 19 serves as a support for a firepot F but allows oscillatory movement to be imparted to the fire-pot F when the occasions of practice may so require. The lower member 16 has extending outwardly there from an arm or projection 20 adapted to have engaged therewith a poker or other implement to facilitate the oscillation of the fire-pot F.

The inner marginal portion of the lower annular member 16 is provided with an annular shoulder 21 upon which the marginai portion of the grate G rests. and said grate is adapted to be oscillated independently of the lire-pot F for a well known purpose. The grate G is preferably of the type particularly described in my co-pend ing application 282,072.

Each of the slats 17 is substantially V shaped in cross section with the apex thereof outwardly directed and in contact with the inner wall of the section L so that when the fire-pot F is oscillated, the slat 17 will operate to remove from the inner wall of the section L, any soot or other matter which may have clung thereto and thereby keeping said wall clean for an unhindered radiation of heat through such wall. It will also be understood that by having the slat 17 of this cross sectional configuration the heat produced in the fire-pot will radiate against nearly every portion of the wall of the section L.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a fire-pot constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by rcason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except-as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a casing, a fire-pot arranged within the lower portion of the casing and supported For oscillating movement about a vertical axis, said lire-pot including circumierentially spaced slats said slats being sub stantially V-shaped in cross section with their apices outwardly directed, the apices o'i' the slats contacting with the wall of the casing.

2. A device of the character described comprising a casing a fire-pot arranged within the lower portion of the casing and supported for oscillating movement about a vertical axis, said fire-pot including circumferentially spaced slats, said slats being substantially V-shaped in cross section, with their apices outwardly directed andin contact with the side walls of the casing, a

grate supported by the lower portion of the fire-pot for oscillating movement about a vertical axis, means for imparting oscillating movement to the fire-pot and means for imparting oscillating movement to the grate, each of said last named means being operable one independently of the other.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. EVERETT'W. RYER. \Vitnesses C. It. FURnow, WV. H. RYER, Sr. 

